Me at the New York State Fair

Here's an old photo I just found. Me at The Fair, Syracuse, NY. This was the last year I did that fair after the arrival of my 2 daughters. Babies and Fairs are hard to juggle. Long hours selling.

The big round display to the left of me displays all the State Fair Buttons we sold.

I had a 20 foot tent filled with buttons. You are looking at only about 3 feet of the booth.

We had been making and selling buttons for 10 years when this photo was taken. This was our 7th year at the New York State Fair.

My babies are now both 19 years old. I'm one of those who adopted and then got pregnant. So my daughters are just 4 months apart in age. Virtual twins.

Now they are old enough to help me work the arts and craft fairs. But they are going to college. I think doing shows, at least at this magnitude, is history.

I am still going through some of the old stock. Might take me another year to get everything posted on line. So if there is anything you want, better just ask me if I have it.

Sold the Last Underdog to a Super Nice Customer

When I used to do Arts and Crafts Shows and the State Fair, one of the nice things about it was meeting the people who walk away with my buttons. Sometimes I would hear a whole story about why they were so excited about the particular buttons they bought in my booth. Sometimes it would have to do with an uncle or a special teacher or a road trip adventure. The stories were many.

When we sell on line we don't get to see our customers' faces and hear their stories. But sometimes we do get to "talk" to them a little.

I sold the last Vintage Underdog button recently. The customer took the time to let me know that he was buying that particular button because he has an Underdog Guitar and wanted to put the button on his guitar strap.

Then later when he posted Feedback on Etsy for me, he included a photo of the button on his guitar.

I thought that was a really nice gesture, so I am sharing his photo here along with the photo of the button from my shop.



Portable Graffiti is really enjoying meeting nice folks on Etsy. Sometimes it is almost like doing a show, because you do get to "meet" some of the folks and get to know them a bit.

1980-something New York State Fair

Notice the signs. My buttons were $1.50 each back then and I still sell the hand made buttons for $1.50. You can get them here at Portable Graffiti.

Photos taken with a Kodak Instamatic camera.

Portable Graffiti Buttons Selling on Etsy.com

Back in the late 70s I started Portable Graffiti, making buttons to sell at arts and crafts shows and fairs, large and small from the Cornhill Festival to the New York State Fair, from Bangor, Maine down to Key West, Florida, and as far east as Boston, and west as far as San Francisco. Now I make them at home and used to sell them on Etsy.

You can now find these buttons at my big shop on Zibbet.

I have collectible rock and roll buttons from the 70s and 80s.
Some newer band.
Nostalgia such as old TV shows and cartoons and comic book characters.

I make custom made buttons, any message you want on a button.

I also have some old advertising and collectible buttons.